Adjustable shoe-tree



April 8, 1930. a A. sciMoNELu 15 ADJUSTABLE SHOE 'TREE Filed Nov. '5, 1927' 2 Sheet sSheet '1.

April 1930.- A. SCIMONELLI 1,753,908

ADJUSTABLE" SHOE TREE Filed Nov. 5, -1927 2 Sheets' Sheet 2 Patented Apr. 8, 1930 UNITED STATS ANTONIO SCIMONELLI, 0F BROOKLYN, NEW YORK ADJUSTABLE SHOE-TREE Application filed November 5, 1927. SerialNo. 231,327.

This invention relates to improvements in shoe trees and has for its object to provide a shoe tree adjustable to fit shoes of various lengths.

A further object of the invention is to provide a broken shoe tree the parts of which are adjustably and pivotally connected.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a shoe tree which may be readily adjusted to the length of the shoe after being inserted therein.

With the above and such other objects in view as may hereinafter more fully appear, I have invented the device shown in the accompanying illustration, in which:

Figure 1 is an elevational view of my improved shoe tree, shown in one position;

Figure 2 is a similar view shown in adjusted position;

Figure 8 is a top plan view of Figure 1;

Figure 4 is an elevational view of the device, shown broken away for insertion in the s oe;

Figure 5 is a section on line 55 of Figure 3;

Fi ure 6 is a detail plan view of an adjusta ble member before being shaped;

Figure 7 is a perspective view of the same after being shaped;

Figure 8 represents a slight modification in the construction of the adjustable mem- Like reference characters indicate like parts throughout the following specification, and in the several views in the drawings in which 1 indicates a shoe tree formed of a toe part 2 and a heel part 3, connected together by an adjustment member 4:, said member having an elongated tongue 5, the free end 6 of which is pivotally secured in the slot 7, formed in the instep portion 8 of the shoe member 2. The member 4 is stamped from a single piece of sheet metal, the tongue 5 being bent at right angles to the head 9 thereof. Said member 9 is provided with an elongated slot 10 through which the screw 11, secured in the member 8, projects. A thumb nut operating on the said screw bears upon the surface of the member 9, whereby the said member 9 may be located in fixed position, thus holding the members 2 and 3 in fixed relative position. i p The member 3 is provided with a slot 12 in which the member 5 slidably operates.

After the wing nut is placed on the screw 11,

its extreme end is distorted so as to prevent the nut from coming off. The heel member is provided with a handle 13. The adjustable member 5 ma be constructed as shown in Figure 8 if pre erred.

Having described my invention that which I claim to be new and desire to procure by Letters Patent is:

1. A shoe tree .comprising heel and toe members, and a slidable hinge member, pivoted at one end of the toe member, and having a right angular portion with a slot en- 1gaged by a screw carried by the heel mem- 2. A shoe tree comprising heel and toe members, and a slidable hinge member, pivoted at one end of the toe member, and having a right angular portion with a slot engaged by a screw carried by the heel member and a I horizontally disposed head in which said slot is formed.

3. A shoe tree comprising heel and toe members, and a slidable hinge member, pivoted at one end of the toe member, and having a slot engaged by a screw carried by the heel member and a horizontally disposed head in which said slot is formed, said head having a projecting tongue turned at right angles thereto forming a member of said hinged connection.

4:. A shoe tree comprising heel and toe members, and a slidable hinge member, pivoted at one end of the toe member, and having a slot engaged by a screw carried by the N heel member and a horizontally disposed head in which said slot is formed, said head having a projecting tongue turned at right angles thereto forming a member of said hinged connection, said heel and toe members having alining slots in which said hinge member slidably operates.

5. In a shoe tree having heel and toe members, an adjustable connection for said members formed from sheet metal, and having A a vertically disposed tongue hinged in a sim' ilarly formed slot in the toe member, and a horizontal head piece on said tongue connected to the heel member.

6. (As claim 5, and) said head having a 5 slot paralleling the tongue.

7. (As claim 5, and) said head having a slot paralleling the tongue, and a screw projecting from the bottom of said heel member and through said head slot.

8. (As claim 5, and) said head having a slot paralleling the tongue, a screw projecting from the bottom of said heel member and through said head slot, and a thumb nut on said screw and bearing against said head.

9. (As claim 5, and) said head having a slot aralleling the tongue, a screw rojec ing rom the bottom of said heel mem er and through said head slot, and a thumb nut on said screw and bearing against said head,

said head being slidable upon the upper outer surface of said heel member.

10. (As claim 5, and) said head having a slot paralleling the tongue, a screw projecting from the bottom of said heel member and through said head slot, and a thumb nut on said screw and bearing against said head, said head being slidable upon the upper outer surface of said heel member, said heel and toe members having aligning relatively so narrow slots within which said tongue operates.

11. An adjusting heel and toe connector for shoe trees stamped from a single piece of sheet metal having a vertically disposed tongue member and a horizontally disposed head member with a slot therein, said tongue being arcuate, a screw projecting from the bottom of said heel member through said slot, and a set nut on the screw engageable with the face of the head member.

In testimony whereof I afiix m signature.

ANTONIO SGIM NELLI. 

